UjungWalur Wind Statistics, Summer averages since 2006

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal southern hemisphere summer. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 7765 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to UjungWalur, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.

According to the model, the prevailing wind at UjungWalur blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at UjungWalur. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical southern hemisphere summer, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 28% of the time (25 days each southern hemisphere summer) and blows offshore 32% of the time (29 days in an average southern hemisphere summer). Over an average southern hemisphere summer wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at UjungWalur

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.